** Description changed: + SRU Justification - SRU Justification + Impact: + The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar + in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch has to + demonstrably fix a bug, and each patch is vetted by upstream + by originating either directly from a mainline/stable Linux tree or + a minimally backported form of that patch. The 4.4.64 upstream stable + patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu + kernel as well. - Impact: - The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar - in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch has to - demonstrably fix a bug, and each patch is vetted by upstream - by originating either directly from a mainline/stable Linux tree or - a minimally backported form of that patch. The 4.4.64 upstream stable - patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu - kernel as well. + git://git.kernel.org/ - git://git.kernel.org/ + TEST CASE: TBD - TEST CASE: TBD - - The following patches from the 4.4.64 stable release shall be - applied: + The following patches from the 4.4.64 stable release shall be applied: + * KEYS: Disallow keyrings beginning with '.' to be joined as session keyrings + * KEYS: Change the name of the dead type to ".dead" to prevent user access + * KEYS: fix keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring() to not leak thread keyrings + * tracing: Allocate the snapshot buffer before enabling probe + * ring-buffer: Have ring_buffer_iter_empty() return true when empty + * cifs: Do not send echoes before Negotiate is complete + * CIFS: remove bad_network_name flag + * s390/mm: fix CMMA vs KSM vs others + * VSOCK: Detach QP check should filter out non matching QPs. + * Input: elantech - add Fujitsu Lifebook E547 to force crc_enabled + * ACPI / power: Avoid maybe-uninitialized warning + * mmc: sdhci-esdhc-imx: increase the pad I/O drive strength for DDR50 card + * mac80211: reject ToDS broadcast data frames + * ubi/upd: Always flush after prepared for an update + * powerpc/kprobe: Fix oops when kprobed on 'stdu' instruction + * x86/mce/AMD: Give a name to MCA bank 3 when accessed with legacy MSRs + * kvm: arm/arm64: Fix locking for kvm_free_stage2_pgd + * x86, pmem: fix broken __copy_user_nocache cache-bypass assumptions + * block: fix del_gendisk() vs blkdev_ioctl crash + * tipc: fix crash during node removal + * Linux 4.4.64
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1687638 Title: Xenial update to 4.4.64 stable release Status in linux package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux source package in Xenial: New Bug description: SRU Justification Impact: The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch has to demonstrably fix a bug, and each patch is vetted by upstream by originating either directly from a mainline/stable Linux tree or a minimally backported form of that patch. The 4.4.64 upstream stable patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu kernel as well. git://git.kernel.org/ TEST CASE: TBD The following patches from the 4.4.64 stable release shall be applied: * KEYS: Disallow keyrings beginning with '.' to be joined as session keyrings * KEYS: Change the name of the dead type to ".dead" to prevent user access * KEYS: fix keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring() to not leak thread keyrings * tracing: Allocate the snapshot buffer before enabling probe * ring-buffer: Have ring_buffer_iter_empty() return true when empty * cifs: Do not send echoes before Negotiate is complete * CIFS: remove bad_network_name flag * s390/mm: fix CMMA vs KSM vs others * VSOCK: Detach QP check should filter out non matching QPs. * Input: elantech - add Fujitsu Lifebook E547 to force crc_enabled * ACPI / power: Avoid maybe-uninitialized warning * mmc: sdhci-esdhc-imx: increase the pad I/O drive strength for DDR50 card * mac80211: reject ToDS broadcast data frames * ubi/upd: Always flush after prepared for an update * powerpc/kprobe: Fix oops when kprobed on 'stdu' instruction * x86/mce/AMD: Give a name to MCA bank 3 when accessed with legacy MSRs * kvm: arm/arm64: Fix locking for kvm_free_stage2_pgd * x86, pmem: fix broken __copy_user_nocache cache-bypass assumptions * block: fix del_gendisk() vs blkdev_ioctl crash * tipc: fix crash during node removal * Linux 4.4.64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1687638/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
